粒 – grains, drop, counter for tiny particles

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1635 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 粒 means grains, drop, counter for tiny particles. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リュウ (ryuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つぶ (tsubu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 米 (no. 119).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リュウ	ryuu
Kun’yomi	つぶ	tsubu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 米 (Kangxi radical 119). Components: 米・立.

Words using 粒

粒つぶgrain

Example sentences

２粒の涙が彼女のほおを流れ落ちた。

Two tears fell down her cheeks.

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Kanji with the same radical

米精糧粘糖粉粧粗粋粥糊

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